Photography stacking software series#

All the essential accessories are involved (ie: tripod, geared head, focus rail, shutter release, etc.) with the focus rail now playing the major role. My personal approach to focus stacking is really the same as it would be for any other macro or close-up shot. For example, on my Blood Iris shot shown here, the stacked region is only the front patterned area of the flower, with the background left blurred and completely untouched. Stacking not only allows us to obtain a much greater depth of field, but also one can choose (to a degree) where in the frame the DOF will actually be enhanced. At macro 1:1 distance, using a 100mm lens, even at f16, the DOF is only about 1mm.

Moreover, it enables us to shoot each individual image at a more optimal aperture, ie: f8, so that diffraction never becomes an issue.įocus stacking is very well suited to macro 1:1 and close-up work where the regular depth of field is extremely thin.

Photography stacking software series#

Conclusion Taking a series of pictures at different distances from the subject (without altering the lens focus distance) and stacking them together, will dramatically increase the Depth of Field on your close-up shots.įocus stacking allows us to blend together a set of images that all have slightly different focus points, enabling us to cover a much larger range of depth of field than a single shot.